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So the saying goes "like mother, like daughter"...and that normally applies to all the attributes you didn't want. Shrinking clothes just to the annoying point--shortened sleeves, mysteriously shrunken hoods and of course a centimeter's difference in length--is one of the wonderful skills my mom possesses.
Naturally, I picked it up. But, not with my shirts...with my poor boyfriend's shirts (perhaps it's subconscious, passive-aggressive payback for the piles of socks he leaves everywhere). Either way that feeling of, "aw what the hell" happens every time I pull the now child size shirt out of the dryer.
Thanks to a frugal and savvy friend, I have saved many a shirt using this SUPER simple trick.
Get ready people, this will blow your mind.
Throw that baby shirt back in the wash on cold. When it comes out, gently pull it. No technique involved. The only thing you need to watch for is pulling too hard--you can rip right through the material.
Slowly stretch it out.
That's it.
Dry it using the gentle cycle for 10-20 minutes and let it hang to dry the rest of the way.
If it smells a little funky, throw in some extra dryer sheets and air fluff it when it's 75% dry.